To please me, Debbie has agreed to come to Iguazu Falls. Sitting on the border of Brazil and Argentina and only a stone’s throw from Paraguay, the mighty Iguazu Falls are the most overwhelmingly magnificent in all of South America. Even Debbie was impressed and had to admit to enjoying herself immensely. For those who […]

We have progressed to Curitiba, pronounced Curchiba for some reason. It is regarded as one of Brazil’s model cities for quality of life and has something of a European feel, with leafy squares and a street that is open 24 hours (except Sunday). It is also the start of one of the world’s most spectacular […]

Here we have been done like a kipper! Our Footprint South American handbook tells us how wonderful is the wildlife in the wetlands of the Pantanal that covers an area the size of Belgium, Holland, Portugal and Switzerland combined. In the same section on the Pantanal, it tells us how great a destination is a […]

We took 3 days out of Salvador to go inland to trek through the hills of Chapada Diamantina, enjoy waterfalls, go swimming and just get away from city life. This area wasn’t on our agenda originally but the Brazilian lady with whom we trekked Machu Picchu highly recommended the place. So we thought we’d try […]

There were some smiles and comments from a few friends at us being 30minutes adrift to catch our flight to Manaus. This was nothing compared to the delays we incurred flying into Salvador following a late departure, diversions due to bad weather and a change of aircraft which we nearly missed! But on this occasion […]

Following a flurry of emails we sent on Sunday evening to resolve our money problems we were expecting an early start today as the banks rush to contact us, to make sure we are safe and ok. We both woke at 08:15, still tired from the stresses of the day before, without a single call […]

By hook and crock we manage to get ourselves to Manaus in Brazil and just hope that the last 24hours has been a bad dream and that the only problem with our cards are the Venezuelan ATM machines. We spent most of the previous evening and our journey in a sweat from worry and anxiety […]